Chapter 186: Pursuit

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Bu Gu is the Yili Jin of the Khitan Six-Hand Clan, and it is the most brave and warlike Yili Jin among the eight Khitan tribes. At present, the servants are stationed on horses and supervising the battle under the city, and the armored cavalry is tightly protecting him.

"My lord heard that there is a Han general in the city who is good at shooting and has assassinated Shibi Khan, we are so close to the city, we need to be careful of one or two."

Bu Gu touched his lips and stroked his beard, and said with a smile: "I've heard of it, but the Han general uses a big bow, and the same as the eldest grandson general who killed two birds with one stone on the grassland back then, can shoot down the eagle eagle, but I have at least two arrows from the city here, and I have never heard of a crossbow that can shoot two arrows away." ”

"Four hundred steps! It's not too far, but it takes a bit of luck to hit. The winch crossbow man whispered, and then he pressed his hand and let out a low shout.

The winch crossbow did not have a hanging knife to strike, and the crossbow soldiers on the side fired with hammer teeth, only to see the sledgehammer swing down, and the machine rang with a loud bang! Iron feather arrows shot out of the groove.

Bu Gu was still standing under the city wearing thick armor, when he suddenly saw that it was dark in front of him, and before an ironclad guard in front of him could shout, he was pierced by a huge iron arrow. In an instant, the servant saw that the guard in front of him was not an ordinary arrow, but was hammered by something, and his whole body was actually torn apart. The servant only outlived his guards for a fraction of a second, and the iron arrow pierced him through. At the moment of the arrow, Bu Gu was glad that he did not feel any pain, that is, he died instantly, accompanied by three subordinates who were pierced and shot into sugar gourds.

The tumult of the battlefield paused for a moment, and then the city erupted in loud cheers, and the man raised his arms to the sky and roared into the sky, and the crossbowmen on all sides screamed wildly. He stepped forward to touch the edge of the winch crossbow and said to himself: "The Han people are so terrible that even such a big guy can make it." ”

The Khitan army under the city retreated like a tide, and at this time, the city gate suddenly opened, and the five hundred cavalry under the city suddenly came out and pursued the Khitan army. As soon as the bones died, the morale of the Khitan army under the city was depressed, and the dragons were leaderless, and they were chased and killed by the cavalry of the Cangtou Army at the moment, and the reinforcements sent by Dahe Duluo were also collided, and the two sides trampled on each other, and there were countless casualties at the moment. After dusk, the cavalry in the city closed the camp, and the 500 cavalry lost more than 100 people, but killed more than 2,000 Khitans.

Under the First World War, the morale of the eight Khitan tribes was lost, and that night, when Dahe Duluo shouted to the remaining seven Yili Sumire, asking for another battle tomorrow, all the Khitan Yili Sumire began to hesitate.

"Khan, do you have to fight all the men under this city? The cold winter on the grassland is unbearable, there are fewer men in the family, how can the elderly and children spend the winter! ”

"Seven or eight thousand sons have died in this city. This battle is enough to teach them a lesson, come back next year, come back next year. ”

"Khan, if you continue to fight, I will lead my people back to Wuhou Qinshui for the winter."

For a tribal alliance like the Khitan, the power of the leader is not strong, not to mention that Dahe Duluo himself is the first khan after the Eight Ministries, and before him, the Khitan Eight Ministries have been in a fragmented state. And the current alliance is also a loose alliance collegiate system, and Oga Tara and the eight Yili Sumire are co-organized. At present, the main battle of Bu Gu was killed, and four of the remaining Yili Sumire clearly stood up against Oga Dura.

"Attack for another three days, if it is within three days, if the city is not captured, we will retreat!"

Everyone shook their heads in unison.

At that moment, one person spoke: "The first eleven days are not successful, what about the next three days or two?" ”

"Two days, then!"

"Then another day, one more day!" Ohga Tara gritted his teeth and said.

At that moment, everyone was silent for a while, and finally nodded one after another: "Okay, okay!" Just listen to the Khan. Seeing that everyone agreed, the cold light in Ohga Dura's eyes appeared.

The next day, the sky had just been polished, and the Khitan army had finished eating early. The Khitans launched a fierce attack from the four cities and four directions. Li Chongjiu personally went to the city to supervise the battle, and transferred all the soldiers who were rotated in reserve to the head of the city. The arrows on the city flew down like locusts, and the defending Khitan army was a fierce battle.

But it is difficult for this siege of the city, it has never been easy, this Yuyi town is so big, 70,000 Khitan soldiers, even if the four gates attack together, there are only four or five thousand people under the city, and the rest can only sit aside and wait. And before the appearance of such a large-scale killing weapon as field artillery, the battle to defend the city was originally advantageous to the defender, and it was not uncommon to defend the city with one against ten. Moreover, the Khitans are poorly equipped, and they are in the period of conversion from primitive clan tribes to alliance tribes, and their organizational strength is limited from top to bottom, so it is normal for them to not be able to capture this Yuyi town for more than ten days.

The two sides fought for a long time, and even the pro-army of Oga Dura himself fought three times and was repulsed three times, and the moat city was a fortress of corpses, but the city was still firmly controlled by the defenders. By noon, Oga was already agitated, and suddenly, at this moment, the rangers returned to the north, east, west, and south, and there were traces of the enemy in all four directions.

"This is the reinforcements of the Han people, as well as the Mukun Xi Department, the Mukun Xi Department actually dared to disobey the order of the Humiliation King Department and sent troops alone." Ogara's eyes bulged.

"Father, this Mukun Xi is as cunning as a wolf, he must have been peeking in the dark for a long time, and he saw that our Khitan could not attack the city for more than ten days, so he sent troops."

As soon as Oga Mokai spoke, he was slapped hard by Oga Dra.

"Don't I know what you're saying?" Speaking of this, Dahe Duluo glanced at the city head fiercely, and shouted: "Withdraw the troops, let's go back to Wuhou Qinshui." ”

At the moment, the siege of the Khitans came to an abrupt end, and the Khitan Eight Divisions hastily packed up the camp tents, and the army retreated. When the defenders at the head of the city saw this scene, they all burst into cheers. For the withdrawal of the Khitans, Li Chongjiu had already known in his heart, and left Ji Chuan to defend the city at the moment, and he and Eto personally led all the cavalry under the city to open the city gate to pursue. Li Chongjiu encountered a fierce battle with the rear army of the Khitan army, and killed more than 200 Khitans.

In the evening, Wang Mahan, Ying Hefu, and Murod Xi led more than 6,000 cavalry to arrive. Everyone was overjoyed to see that Yuyi Town was safe and sound, but they told Li Chong Jiumu Kunxi that after learning the news of the Khitans' retreat, they actually gave up their plans to pursue.

Li Chongjiu sighed at the moment, and his heart was really bright. His thoughts, he can guess, first of all, must be unwilling for the Khitans to defeat the Xi of the Murde, so he made a big deal on the grassland, so he sent troops to save Yuyi Town, of course, he also did not want the Xi and Cangtou army, after defeating the Khitans, he subdued Wuhou Qinshui to make a big deal in the grassland, so he refused to pursue. And the two sides have formed a mortal enemy, it must be that the Mukun Xi Department can benefit the most, of course, the Khitan is undefeated, and he Mukun Xi has no chance to lead the five Xi tribes, so as to rise. The other party's plan is just to harvest the one-third of an acre of land from it steadily.

Li Chongjiu glanced at everyone, his side was less than 7,000 cavalry, and although the Khitans retreated, there were still 70,000 people. At this time, Ying Hefu came forward and said: "The matter has come to this point, there is only one fight, and the Khitans must not be allowed to rest, I will divide the seven thousand people into three divisions to pursue and harass in turn, so that the Khitans will be tired." ”

"Divide the troops!" Li Chongjiu praised it, this is definitely a clever plan, but it is a bit risky. But if the Khitan is not removed, it will be like a stalk in the throat in the future, how to rest in peace. At that time, Li Chongjiu adopted the meaning of Ying Hefu and divided the more than 6,000 cavalry into three divisions, Wang Mahan led one part, Ying He Fu led one part, and he led one to pursue the Khitans in turn.

Anyway, the Khitans also have nearly half of the foot soldiers, and it is impossible for cattle and sheep to go too fast, and all of their own troops are cavalry, and there is no problem with one resting and one pursuing. That night, Ying Hefu led two thousand Xi cavalry to pursue at night, not giving the Khitans a chance to rest, while Li Chongjiu and Wang Ma Han rested, and in the middle of the night, Wang Ma Han went out, and Li Chongjiu still stayed in place.

It was not until dawn that the 2,000 cavalry of Li Chongjiu's division rested for a whole night, and immediately pursued. Li Chongjiu's subordinates all had one person and two horses, enough horsepower to transfer, and the speed was very fast, and at this time Ying Hefu had already sent news that he attacked the Khitans last night, and fought a battle with them by night, killing more than 300 people, capturing 1,000 sheep, and capturing 100 people. Li Chongjiu continued to move forward, and when it was almost noon, the results of Wang Ma Han's army also came out, and he also killed more than 200 Khitan people, but he suffered forty or fifty casualties.

Wang Mahan pleaded guilty to himself, but Li Chongjiu only warned Wang Mahan not to fight, if the Khitans resisted resolutely, it would not hurt to retreat temporarily, mainly to harass them. After that, Li Chongjiu led his army to continue to advance, and at dusk he caught up with the Khitan rearguard, and at this time the other party was gathering in a large valley and burying pots to make food. A valley is full, and there are bald Khitans as far as the eye can see.

The war horses were on the slope on the side, gnawing on the grass at will, and the weapons were casually put aside, and most of the Khitans were not in groups of threes and threes, or stood and squatted and lay on the ground. With the exception of a few alerts, most of them were overcome by exhaustion. It was also Yinghefu's sneak attack last night, which made many Khitans not sleep all night, and today's Wang Mahan's assault also consumed a lot of their energy, and now it is difficult not to be tired.

Moreover, for the nomadic tribes, any combat discipline is very lax, and the current Khitans are as if they have just gone out on a safari. Yes, when hunting, the prey does not gather in large groups to hurt people, but this is war!

Change horses!

No need to use bows and arrows, everyone picks up their horizontal knives!

Listen to me!

Li Chongjiu's orders were conveyed one after another, and at that moment he did not hesitate to lead two thousand cavalry, and launched an assault at this time.

"Wan Sheng!"

Li Chongjiu raised his knife and yelled.

"Wan Sheng!"

The two thousand horsemen drew their swords and shouted, and then the sound of horses' hooves rumbled.